Plate lifter and turner



(No Model.)

W. G. BLAIR.

PLATE LIFTER AND TURNER.

No. 580,033. Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

WITNESSES VENTOR ifg A TTORNEYJ' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GARBUTT BLAIR, OF BELOIT, \VISCONSIN.

PLATE LIFTER AND TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,033, dated April 6,1897.

Application filed January 9, 1897- Serial No. 618,511. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GARBUTT BLAIR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Beloit, in the county of Rock and State oflVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PlateLifters and Turners, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for lifting and turning bake-pans,such as are usually employed for baking pies,cakes, and for similarpurposes; and the object of the invention is to provide an improveddevice of this class which is simple in construction and operation andby means of which bake-pans of the class referred to may be quickly andeasily removed from the oven or turned therein and otherwise manipulatedas described.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a planview of my improved device; Fig. 2, a bottom plan view thereof; and Fig.3, a side view, part of the construction being shown in section.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by numerals of reference throughout theseveral views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a devicefor the purpose herein specified which comprises a handle 5, one end ofwhich is provided with a transverse slot 6,which extends around andalong the sides thereof, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3 and in dottedlines in Fig. 1. I also provide a tripod which consists of a conicalhead 7, and which is provided with three radially and downwardlydirected arms 8, and the conical head 7 is provided with anupwardly-directed tubular extension 9,which passes upwardly through theend of the handle 5 and through the slot 6, and to one side of which issecured a pin 10, said pin being adapted to turn in the slot 6.

Secured to the pin 10 is a cord or chain 11, one end of which is securedto the spring 12, which is secured to the side of the handle at 13, andthe other end of the chain or cord 11 is passed around the tubularextension 9 of the conical head 7 of the tripod and through the slot 6and carried downwardly beneath the handle 5 and secured at 14 to a slide15, which is mounted in keepers 16, and which is provided at its outerend with a hook 17.

Mounted on the upper side of the handle 5 is anotherslide 18,which ismou nted in keepers 19 and provided with a hook 20, and the said slide18is provided with an upwardly-directed arm 21, to which is secured achain or cord 22,which passes downwardly through the tubular extension 9of the conical head 7 of the tripod, and which is connected with a hook23,which is free to slide in a slot in the lower side of the arm 8 ofthe tripod, and which is connected with a spring 24,which is mounted insaid arm, in which is formed a longitudinal chamber which is designed toreceive said spring, and the function of the spring 24: is to force thehook 23 outwardly to the outer extremity of the arm 8. The other twoarms are each provided with downwardly and backwardly directed hooks 25,and the operation will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe following statement thereof.

In the normal position of the hook 23 it is pressed outwardly by thespring 2 1 to the outer extremity of the arm 8, and whenever it isdesired to lift or turn the bake-pan the tripod is placed over the sameor the upper rim thereof, or the hooks 25 on two of the arms 8 arepassed over said rim, and the hook 23 is caused to grasp said rim at theopposite side'by pulling on the slide 18 by means of the hook 20. Thisoperation causes the hook 23, in connection with the hooks 25, tosecurely grasp and hold the pan by the rim thereof, and said pan may belifted out of the oven, if desired, and when it is necessary to' turnthe pan it is grasped, as above described, by the hooks 25 and 23, andthen by pulling on the slide 15'by means of the hooks 17 the pan may beturned into any desired position, this turning operation beingaccomplished by the chain or cord 22, which is connected with the pin 10and with the spring 12. 12 operates normally to hold the tripod in theposition shown in Figs. 1 and 3, in which position the arm 8, in whichthe spring 24 is located, is directly under the handle 5, and a slightpull on the slide 15 will be sufficient to The spring IOO turn thetripod and the pan, as will be readily understood.

This device is simple in construction and operation and perfectlyadapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it isapparent that changes in and modifications of the construction hereindescribed may be made without departing from the spirit of my inventionor sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The herein-described bake-pan lifter and turner,which comprises a handle, in the end of which is formed a transverseslot or groove, a tripod comprising a head provided with anupwardly-directed tubular extension which passes through the ends of thehandle, and through said slot or groove, said head being provided withradially and downwardly directed arms, one of which is provided with alongitudinal chamber, and a longitudinal slot in the lower side thereof,a spring mounted in said chamber, and provided at its outer end with ahook which is adapted to slide in said slot, and means for turning saidtripod and for operating said hook, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The herein-described bake-pan lifteran d turner, which comprises ahandle, in the end of which is formed a transverse slot or groove, atripod comprising a head provided with an upwardly-directed tubularextension which passes through the ends of the handle, and

through said slot or groove, said head being provided with radially anddownwardly directed arms, one of which is provided with a longitudinalchamber, and a longitudinal slot in the lower side thereof, a springmounted in said chamber, and provided at its outer end with a hook whichis adapted to slide in said slot, and means for turning said tripod andfor operating said hook, consisting of a slide mounted on the handle,and provided with a chain which passes through said tubular extension ofthe tripod, and is connected with said hook, and another slide mountedon the handle and provided with a chain or cord which passes around theend of the handle through said slot or groove, and around the tubularextension of the tripod, and is connected with a spring secured to thehandle, said last-named chain or cord being also connected with thetubular extension of the tripod, substantially as shown and described.

3. The herein-described bake-pan lifterand turner, which comprises ahandle on the end of which is mounted a revoluble tripod, which isprovided with radially and downwardly directed arms, one of which isprovided with a spring-operated hook, and means for operating said hookand for revolving said tripod, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have sign edmy name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this -5th day ofJanuary, 1897.

WILLIAM GARBUTT BLAIR.

\Vitnesses:

HATTIE J. BLAIR, CHARLES KENDALL.

